Two girls dressed in big parkas with fur ruffs sit in a wooden sled being pulled by a snowmobile that is part of a long convoy of snowmobiles that trail off into the distance.
Jennifer Quassa watches as Lindsay Kalluk checks her phone while sitting in a qamutiik being towed by a snowmobile on the final day of the 2026 Nunavut Quest dogsled race, not far from the final finish line in Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Nunavut.
Explore the other stories–Dustin Patar is a freelance visual journalist who lives and works in Iqaluit, Nunavut. His work often focuses on the Canadian Arctic, including Inuit culture, the impacts of a changing climate, daily life and sovereignty. His photography has been exhibited both in Canada and internationally, and his stories have been published by The Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic, The Walrus, The Narwhal, and CBC, among others. When he isn’t holding a camera or in front of a computer, he can be found behind a sewing machine, fixing some sort of vehicle, or out on the land.
